banish

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English banishen, from Old French baniss-, extended stem of banir (“to proclaim, ban, banish”), of Germanic origin and Old English bannan, from Proto-Germanic *bannaną (“curse, forbid”). Compare French bannir. Doublet of ban. === Pronunciation === enPR: băn'ĭsh, IPA(key): /ˈbænɪʃ/ Rhymes: -ænɪʃ === Verb === banish (third-person singular simple present banishes, present participle banishing, simple past and past participle banished) (transitive) To send (someone) away and forbid them from returning. , II.10: he never referreth any one unto vertue, religion, or conscience: as if they were all extinguished and banished the world […]. (transitive) To expel, especially from the mind. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== banishment ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “banish”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “banish”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “banish”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === Bhasin, Bishan, ash-bin, ashbin, bash in, bashin', nisbah